Right now, if I double click on a string, Textpad selects the entire string only if that string does not contain any special chars (like punctuation).
In other words, it defines a word to be contiguous alpha-numeric chars, but does not include either whitespace (which I am OK with) nor special chars (which can be bad).
There are many times that I need a "word" to be defined as including special chars like punctuation.
For example: passwords. Many websites require at least one special char in their passwords. But Textpad's current word definition will not allow you to double click on such a password to select it. You have to manually swipe it with your mouse, which is very annoying.
The cure is that Textpad needs an option wherein a user can define what a word is.
allow word definition (e.g. to include special chars)
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kevinHealy
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TextPad already has this feature. Click View > Document Properties > Syntax, then in Other characters in words enter the punctuation that you want to be considered as part of a word.
This only affects the current document. To make the change permanent, click Configure > Preferences, expand the Document Classes category and make the change in the Syntax tab for each document class as required.
This only affects the current document. To make the change permanent, click Configure > Preferences, expand the Document Classes category and make the change in the Syntax tab for each document class as required.
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kevinHealy
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ak47wong: thanks much for pointing that out.
The intent of that Syntax dialog is what I want, but the current implementation leaves something to be desired: you need to manually type in all the special characters that you want to add. This is tedious and error prone.
I was hoping for something more convenient, like a check box for "include all punctuation".
Perhaps better would be 2 radio buttons named "add/remove punctuation" which automatically populate/depopluate those chars from the list. The list itself would be retained so that you could manually edit it as desired
The intent of that Syntax dialog is what I want, but the current implementation leaves something to be desired: you need to manually type in all the special characters that you want to add. This is tedious and error prone.
I was hoping for something more convenient, like a check box for "include all punctuation".
Perhaps better would be 2 radio buttons named "add/remove punctuation" which automatically populate/depopluate those chars from the list. The list itself would be retained so that you could manually edit it as desired